Minnesota Vikings cheerleader Blaize Shiek made his NFL debut while his critics were left to watch from the sidelines. A rookie member of the Vikings’ squad, Shiek hit the field for the first time ...

"Wait…did someone say our name?" Shiek wrote in a post on Instagram with Conn ahead of the Vikings’ preseason game against the New England Patriots. Pictures of ...

Minnesota Vikings cheerleader Blaize Shiek is blazing a trail. Shiek is part of the Minnesota Vikings’ cheerleader roster for 2025-26, and 12 football teams, including the Vikings, have male ...

Napoleon Jinnies, who made history when he joined the L.A. Rams’ cheer squad in 2018, tells PEOPLE about his time in the NFL ...

Amid fan backlash to the hiring of cheerleaders Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn, the Minnesota Vikings are defending their squad. Shiek and Conn were added to the Vikings' 35-member cheer roster earlier ...

Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn debuted as Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders, facing online backlash that prompted Shiek to respond with a defiant Instagram post. The Vikings organization defended their ...

After weeks of being subjected to homophobic hate and bigotry, two men who earned a spot on the Minnesota Vikings cheerleader team have responded. Blaize Shiek and Louie Conn are in their first year ...

Super Smash Bros.' claim to fame is the ability to use your favorite Nintendo character to kick the stuffing out of other not so favorite Nintendo characters (Jigglypuff anyone?). Building upon that, ...

The NFL team announced its new 35-person roster, which includes Louie Conn and Blaize Shiek Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work ...